24 MARCH 1906, page 17

The Edinburgh Vacation Courses In Modern Languages.

Up THE EDITOR OF THE " ersoneron.'i SIR,—May I again venture to beg for a little space in order to call the attention of your numerous readers at home and abroad to the......

An Homeric Motto.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." ] SIR,—In that most delightful little book, " Byways in the Classics," by Mr. H. E. P. Platt (issued last year)—a volume that every classical......

Nonconformist Endowments.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—Some few years ago I published a sixpenny pamphlet showing " How Dissent is Established and Endowed," of which very few copies remain.......

The Militia And The Labour Market. [to The Editor Or

THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—You are perfectly correct in saying last week that the proposed six weeks' annual training of Militia will create obstacles in the labour market. Last......

Boer Heroism At Elandslaagte.

rTo TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The Spectator passes through many hands before it reaches me, and it is only quite recently I read Mr. J. S. Trotter's letter in your......

Uto The Editor Of The "spectator. "]

SIR,—In your article, " Nature Study and Modern Verse," in last week's issue, you accuse Wordsworth of being "occasion- ally quaintly mistaken on matters of common knowledge."......

Nature Study And Modern Verse. [to Tes Editor Or The

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I think the writer of the charming article in your last issue on "Nature Study and Modern Verse" is wrong in saying that Wordsworth is "quaintly mistaken" in......